When Is Earth Day?
“Earth Day” is a name widely recognized. But few know the amazing story of the first Earth Day – its purpose and potentials. Understanding Earth Day and its original purpose can result in the rapid elimination of poverty, pollution and violence. It could bring a change in the global state of mind and rapidly replace misunderstanding and conflict with peaceful progress and a great common cause – the rejuvenation of Planet Earth. To understand the true Earth Day we must first expose the deception that has thus far prevented fulfillment of the Earth Day dream and agenda for a better world. The so-called April 22 Earth Day was an impostor – organized as a fund raising tool for protesting against pollution and promoting a political agenda. The initial name for this event was “Environmental Teach-In.” When March 21 was proclaimed “Earth Day” by the City of San Francisco they “borrowed” the name Earth Day for their later event. In succeeding years they tried in every way to supplant the real
Every day, the saying goes, is Earth Day. But it’s popularly celebrated on April 22. Why? One persistent rumor holds that April 22 was chosen because it’s the birthday of Vladimir Lenin, the founder of the Soviet Union. “Lenin’s goal was to destroy private property and this goal is obviously shared by environmentalists,” the Capitalism Magazine Web site noted in a 2004 article perpetuating the theory. Kathleen Rogers, president of Washington, D.C.-based Earth Day Network, which was founded by the original organizers of Earth Day, scoffs at the rumored communist connection. She said April 22, 1970, was chosen for the first Earth Day in part because it fell on a Wednesday, the best part of the week to encourage a large turnout for the environmental rallies held across the country. “It worked out perfectly, because everybody was at work and they all left,” she said. In fact, more than 20 million people across the U.S. are estimated to have participated in that first Earth Day. (PICTURES:
